Kojak Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Money green ftw!! Careful, this will turn into a HW thread in a jif. I do have a sick ‘84 Quattro hatch but my son played me like a fiddle to get it off the shelf after Christmas. Somewhere getting battle damage rn. ‘S why dad can’t have nice things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozeRS05 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I don’t understand why any sane person would go from Japanese to German engineering. Seems like a massive headache unless it was truly worthwhile, aka a Porsche. EB's Subaru journal - 2005 LegacyGT Wagon & 2014 Forester FB25 (2008 specB - RIP) IG@legacygtliving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZJonny Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 28 minutes ago, BoozeRS05 said: I don’t understand why any sane person would go from Japanese to German engineering. Seems like a massive headache unless it was truly worthwhile, aka a Porsche. Haha! I know a couple of Porsche owners who might back you up in the ‘not truly worthwhile’ argument. I mean, it’s kind of like the turbo Subaru thing; how they are awesome when they work….. except when they don’t they cost 4x as much to fix.. And the interval between stuff breaking and costing money seems shockingly small. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozeRS05 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Most of the modding on a Subaru can be done with a basic wrench set. Buying specialty tools seems like adding insult to injury. I think my buddy had to remove his BMW motor to fix a coolant leak or something. Audi and VW seem excessively complicated too. EB's Subaru journal - 2005 LegacyGT Wagon & 2014 Forester FB25 (2008 specB - RIP) IG@legacygtliving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackobxt Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I’ll say this till the day I die: the only good European car is one that’s still under warranty. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomahawkLabs Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 3 minutes ago, blackobxt said: I’ll say this till the day I die: the only good European car is one that’s still under warranty. "There is nothing more expensive than a cheap, German car." 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 While posting wagons we'd give up the lgt for...this seems like the right blend of amazing performance and horrible repair bills 3 Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackobxt Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 19 minutes ago, boxkita said: While posting wagons we'd give up the lgt for...this seems like the right blend of amazing performance and horrible repair bills Is that real?? It’s beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KZJonny Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 100% generated with AI… but pretty. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 1 hour ago, blackobxt said: Is that real?? It’s beautiful unfortunately it's not real. Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haze Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 (edited) On 1/26/2024 at 12:57 PM, BoozeRS05 said: I don’t understand why any sane person would go from Japanese to German engineering. Seems like a massive headache unless it was truly worthwhile, aka a Porsche. Not all Japanese cars are Toyota Camrys that will go 400k miles with nothing but oil changes and not all German cars are V10 BMW M5s that habitually eat rod bearings. Mrs. Haze DDs a 2010 Audi A6 3.0T that now has around 110k miles on it. It has proven more reliable than my beloved pair of BPs, gets better fuel economy and rides better. I still don't particularly like driving it but, kept out of reach of an Audi dealer service department, the running costs on it are completely reasonable. My kid has had a similar experience with a Benz E430. Both cars purchased with low miles for short money, I assume because everyone is convinced they would be financially ruined by them. Edited January 28 by Haze 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozeRS05 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 I’ve done work on BMWs without complaint, but to be fair I’ve never wrenched on an Audi or VW. I just look at Subaru’s as big kid Legos. Everything seems obvious and simple, and it’s all been roughly the same for decades. When tribeca parts fit an outback, and STi parts fit the legacy and foresters, etc, it all seems so wonderful to me. 1 EB's Subaru journal - 2005 LegacyGT Wagon & 2014 Forester FB25 (2008 specB - RIP) IG@legacygtliving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subisubisu Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Ha, my wife calls my OBXT my "Lego" toy - I've spent hours and hours in the garage replacing most of the suspension, doing a 6MT swap and engine build with turbo upgrade. My "other" car (not counting what she drives and a pickup truck, because you have to have a pickup truck if you live in Alabama, it's a law or something) is a B7 Audi S4, which I have also had the engine out of (to renew the timing chain guides that are that model's Achilles heel) in my garage. I paid about 3x for the Audi what I paid for the Subaru, but wrenched plenty on both, and aside from the packaging difference that comes from cramming a V8 into a 4-cylinder car, effort-wise they are about the same to work on, including similar minimal needs for special tools for what I have done, mainly in the timing-setting area for both cars. New Audi parts are more expensive than new Subaru parts, but are similarly available online and I don't want to take either to the dealership to pay their prices. With 30k now on the reinstalled Audi engine, I guess you'd call it my DD, and it is a tighter and smoother driving experience in a much more luxurious cabin. I also have had occasion to scoff at the German "more is more" engineering approach, but my experience is that once you start breaking out the wrenches for either one of what I have, they require comparable effort and yield comparable results. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Looks like Gunnar hasn't put up a new profile yet. saw on fb, he's thinking of getting rid of his wagon...gasp! Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojak Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 The Vader wagon?!? Will he accept beskar steel? Very curious what such a fine example will fetch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pleides Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 (edited) Dammmmnnn, Gunnar's wagon is the cream of the crop... What a sad time it'll be when that goes. Shall we play The Price is Right on guessing how much he'll want for it? I'm guessing 18K. Edited February 6 by Pleides 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I said i was done with subie after selling both wagons but for Gunnar's wagon, I might have to raid my 401k 3 Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojak Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 It’s my duty as an enabler to say: DOO EEET! Doesn’t get any cleaner than this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozeRS05 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 What do people think it’s worth? I had a conversation with a couple Subaru guys today (one of which has an 05 WRX wagon) and a well kept turbo manual wagon seems to be working their way up in price. I wonder what mines worth all the time. 1 EB's Subaru journal - 2005 LegacyGT Wagon & 2014 Forester FB25 (2008 specB - RIP) IG@legacygtliving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxkita Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 15-21k are numbers being tossed around. its a "pictures don't do it justice" car. shaving the door moldings and other nuisances plus a full bare metal repaint...it's incredible in person. 3 Build my car Boxkita Track days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoozeRS05 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Another reason to keep your old Legacy around: https://dnyuz.com/2024/03/11/automakers-are-sharing-consumers-driving-behavior-with-insurance-companies/ 1 2 1 EB's Subaru journal - 2005 LegacyGT Wagon & 2014 Forester FB25 (2008 specB - RIP) IG@legacygtliving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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